Re: Newbie: I still need help, please!

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"Kate Dicey" <kate@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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> Cheryl wrote:
> > I think I missed some of this post.
> >
> > Kate - what machine do you sew with?
>
>
> Ah, now that depends... ;)
>
> I have a Husqvarna Lily 550 with 240 stitch patterns, something like 26
> needle positions and a memory so that I can program stitch combinations
> and do things like write labels (great for quilts). I do most of my
> custom sewing on this one, for speed and ease of use. I also have a
> Viscount 2000 as a back-up machine: nice old faithful 80's all metal job
> with a dozen or so household stitches, including an excellent blind hem
> and a decent buttonholes (standard square end 4 step). In addition, I
> have a Featherweight (straight stitch only, but it does reverse), and
> Elna Lotus (straight and zigzag: no fancy stuff, but works a treat), a
> Singer 66 handcrank, a Singer 99 straight stitch (no reverse) electric
> machine, A Singer 15-88 (treadle), and a Jones Family CS long bobbin
> hand crank. In the loft is my Frister & Rossman Cub 8, awaiting fixing,
> and then there are the two sergers...
>
> The best all round one is Lily. Has the best stitch quality and
> selection on most fabrics, but it is big, and I prefer not to cart it
> about to classes if I can avoid it. For kid's classes, I like it and
> the Viscount (almost indestructible) for stitch selection and ease of
> use, especially speed. The kids love the Featherweight and the Lotus as
> they are small and light. I also love them for the cute factor! They
> are both eminently portable, and depending on what I plan to do while
> away, I frequently take them on holiday or away for the weekend to play
> with! :) They are small enough that I can take both if James also want
> to sew!
>
> For really tough fabrics I like the Singer 15-88: I've yet to find
> something I cannot get it through (though Lily is good for that too -
> both James and I have stitched right through the heads of quilt basting
> safety pins on it without harming it!). For sheer magical straight
> stitch quality it is very hard to beat the old 1909 Jones CS machine!
> It has such a smooth action, and is so precise!
>
> For abasing gadgetry, I love the old Singers! Not only do you have the
> Heath-Robinson like rufflers and the insane buttonhole gadgets (they
> pick the fabric up and worry it back and forth to make the zigzags!),
> but you also get such magical items as the pinking machine! Mind you,
> Lily has a few good ones too: a thing for sewing round in circles, the
> eyelet plates (they come in two sizes), and a special foot for
> stretching elastic spring to mind... I have over 30 feet and gadgets
> for Lily!
>
> The blind hem gadget came with my Featherweight (about the only
> accessory that did!), so I would like to get it to work... Just because!
>
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